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The Roosevelt University Performing Arts Library features
one of the best academic music and theatre collections in Illinois. The recently
remodeled library and listening center offers over ninety thousand volumes
including books, scores, recordings, video and numerous databases.

Strengths include history and performance practice of Western art music, contemporary music and jazz studies.
The library also owns many critically edited complete works sets of individual
composers and collections. Currently, the library carries over 100 periodical
subscriptions both electronic and in print, and has complete runs of several
important music and theatre journals. Follow this link to see complete journals
holdings.

The Performing Arts Library archives contain many
historically important documents, rare books, scores and sound recordings. In
addition, the archives hold extensive material relating to the music school
dating to its origins in the 19th century, including papers and
large audio archives of Rudolph Ganz.